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I recently gave a talk to Cardiff Business School about the model of governance which Cartrefi Cymru operates now that it‘s delivering social care as a multi-stakeholder co-operative. My principal focus for the talk was to talk about why we adopted a co-op model with three different membership categories, and I emphasised the relevance of …

I recently attended an event organised by Co-ops and Mutuals Wales (http://www.cooperatives-wales.coop/) at the wonderful Baptist Tabernacle Chapel in the Hayes, Cardiff. It brought together people from the co-operative, community development and adult learning fields to explore issues of citizen and member participation. It was great to hear how much common ground there is across …

In my last blog I talked a lot about why social care was not what it could be, and I majored on the negative impact of policies based on a competitive marketplace. However, in the spirit of You Never Know!, I finished on an upbeat note, saying that our new Welsh laws and policies had …

Any time now the Welsh Government is going to publish its strategic plan for health and social care. They rightly deferred the task until they’d had time to reflect on the recent Welsh Parliamentary Review, and on the responses submitted. Before the ink dries on the new plan, I’d like to float an important idea …

Hi Folks Welcome to my first blog. It’s been a long time coming. Hopefully I’m now so old, and so far beyond the future-based anxieties of youthful ambition, that I can blog away with the benefit of experience and an eye on the agenda for coming generations. As my blog title is intended to imply, …